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I tried to download the daten files from your link and the files cannot be found :-(

Yes, the links die pretty quickly

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Originally Posted by shaunatl

Blue Dragon, do you have any video of the M HUD...or can you list what additional info is shown once coded on the X5d? I see the tach in the image, but are there other improvements?

Didn't take any video, and I disabled the M HUD, you lose you navigation directions on the hud with Mhud enabled. Also, its hard to calibrate the tack display to the proper engine RPM on a non M engine

Didn't take any video, and I disabled the M HUD, you lose you navigation directions on the hud with Mhud enabled. Also, its hard to calibrate the tack display to the proper engine RPM on a non M engine

I find it absolutely amazing that people are willing to download software from unknown sources and use that to modify their cars. The Audi community has Ross-Tech and their VCDS software. Is there anything like this for the BMW world? I wish there were an easy solution. I'd be willing to pay for it. I had my X5 coded by someone but my dealer erased all that when I had my trailer hitch installed. I've spent all morning reading the bmwcoding stuff on several forums and its just not straight forward like the VCDS. Lots of google is your friend and download this and that from this torrent site, etc.

OK. Flame suit on. I know there are people who are much better at this stuff than I am and go ahead and tell me its easy etc, but not for me. I'm not comfortable doing this stuff the way it is being done currently.

I just got mine reprogrammed and no zoom function. So I am assuming Blue Dragon is correct.

I just got my X5 2013 back from the dealer, I retrofitted my idrive to 8.8 HD display, Apps etc, etc, I installed my hitch by myself, also OEM hitch harness, but for Latin America version there are some missing parts to finish the electrical installation, I dropped my car yesterday at the dealer, and I was expecting to get a no programming could be made since the retrofit, also warranty issues, well everything went smooth , no claims from dealer, not even a word and my hitch programming is ready.... I love this new zoom function that by the way you will find it on the reverse idrive image. My only point is that the reflash my car so I lost the Connecteddrive function, I will contact Bimmertech to recode it, but for the rest it seems a success

Didn't take any video, and I disabled the M HUD, you lose you navigation directions on the hud with Mhud enabled. Also, its hard to calibrate the tack display to the proper engine RPM on a non M engine

Blue Dragon - can you please share where and what settings you changed . I have the green, yellow and red graph showing, but the graph shows no activity. This is for the 2012 x5d.

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I had already looked at that thread. There is nothing conclusive there or it seems like no one has it working for the way it should be for E70 Diesel. I'll keep looking, although it is really not that useful.

My next challenge is to figure out how to remove the speed limit from the rear and/or side cameras.

I am trying to buy the correct cable and have read all of this thread but want to make sure I understand correctly exactly what I need. I see several eBay auctions and some just have a silver cable, some include a black cable and other include just a silver cable and a CD. Do I need all three of these or just one cable and the CD or just the cable and I can get the software on the CD on a website? I have looked at the BMWcoding website and feel I am at the point of getting the cable/software and working with the BMW Coding Tool that I downloaded from that site from BMW735.

I am trying to buy the correct cable and have read all of this thread but want to make sure I understand correctly exactly what I need. I see several eBay auctions and some just have a silver cable, some include a black cable and other include just a silver cable and a CD. Do I need all three of these or just one cable and the CD or just the cable and I can get the software on the CD on a website? I have looked at the BMWcoding website and feel I am at the point of getting the cable/software and working with the BMW Coding Tool that I downloaded from that site from BMW735.

What key features, DCAN, OBD, INPA...should I make sure it has? Thanks in advance for the help I can't wait to start the process!

The cable I bought from ebay had this description: BMW INPA / Ediabas K+DCAN USB Interface, D-CAN, CAN

So, it seems like either one of the cables in the link will work. I do remember that for the newer X5, one of the pins (pin #8??) needed to be removed, unless the cable came with that pin removed. There are plenty of references to this on the BMWCoding website.

All the software you need is available for download somewhere or the other.

I am trying to buy the correct cable and have read all of this thread but want to make sure I understand correctly exactly what I need. I see several eBay auctions and some just have a silver cable, some include a black cable and other include just a silver cable and a CD. Do I need all three of these or just one cable and the CD or just the cable and I can get the software on the CD on a website? I have looked at the BMWcoding website and feel I am at the point of getting the cable/software and working with the BMW Coding Tool that I downloaded from that site from BMW735.

What key features, DCAN, OBD, INPA...should I make sure it has? Thanks in advance for the help I can't wait to start the process!

be careful on the cables you're going to buy. A lot of those have the blue circuit boards which are known to be faulty. I also had a white circuit board and same thing didn't work. It may show it's connected (2 black dots-INPA) but it will never communicate with the car. Trust me on this, I have had couple of those cheaper ones from ebay and they didnt work.

These cables are proven to be working but they are a bit expensive. If you want to get the right one the first time then its worth it.